DOJ-0002
Military Night Vision Technology to China
On Dec. 3, 2007, Philip Cheng was sentenced in the Northern District of California to two years in prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine for his role in brokering the illegal export of a night vision camera and its accompanying technology to China in violation of federal laws and regulations. Mr. Cheng pleaded guilty on Oct. 31, 2006, to brokering the illegal export of Panther-series infrared camera, a device which makes use of “night vision” technology. He was indicted on June. 3, 2004. The technology used in the device was controlled for national security reasons by the United States Department of State. The case was the result of a joint investigation by ICE, the FBI, the Department of Commerce, and the IRS.